adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a memorable moment
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There have been many memorable moments in this year’s Olymics.
a memorable performance (= good and easy to remember )
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There were memorable performances from Madonna and U2.
a memorable phrase
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Who was it who used that memorable phrase "a monumental error of judgement"?
catchy/memorable (= one that is easy to remember )
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His songs have simple words and catchy tunes.
memorable/unforgettable (= a good experience that you will remember for a long time )
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Meeting the queen was a memorable experience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Of my seven healers, three, two at the Centre and one at home stand out as memorable .
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After all, anybody can write a blues song, but few can write one as memorable as this.
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Shall we nail our flags to the mast, and make what remains of it just as memorable ?
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Laura is destined to become as memorable as Madame Bovary or-a character she meets in the novel-Frida Kahlo.
more
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One possibility is that certain junctions are both intrinsically more memorable and more risky than others.
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But the action developing on the streets was making him more memorable as a head breaker than as a king maker.
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Her large grin and knotted black curls were, strangely enough, more memorable .
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And when you think about it, commercials often are more memorable than the series they interrupt.
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Take-up on that scale could make Mr Major's first budget a lot more memorable than it first appeared.
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We all quote more memorable examples.
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Has it made the ideas more memorable ?
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It also adds an air mystery that makes you more memorable .
most
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What happened Saturday night might have been the most memorable post-victory celebration in the history of the World Series.
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Perhaps most memorable was a which left me feeling as no other opera performance had ever done before.
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All were greeted by a splendid reflecting pool, the centerpiece around which many of the most memorable buildings were grouped.
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Perhaps my most memorable day occurred with Paul on our ascent of Kichik Kumdan.
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Perhaps his wedding in the big church next to the Waldorf-Astoria is the most memorable .
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As are Nelson and Hennigan, even if the most memorable scene will always remain their naked basketball game.
particularly
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The free ranging lemurs are particularly memorable .
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It lasted only about 60 seconds, and perhaps it doesn't sound like a particularly memorable sighting.
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It was a particularly memorable night for Frank Thurmond.
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The resulting chaos was so memorable that I've never dared take a holiday during a conference again!
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Samantha typifies why the Bronx Zoo is so memorable and fun.
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It is Bassani's unique gift that their familiar ordinariness should make them, often frighteningly, so memorable .
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The latter are shapes so memorable that knowing they exist matters more than actually seeing them.
truly
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The playing is truly memorable , the recording faithful.
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Rebecca also gives us Manderley, the first house to become a truly memorable character in a gothic novel.
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The atmosphere, beautiful surroundings and music will create a truly memorable occasion.
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Now those pears made a truly memorable tart.
■ NOUN
day
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Two very interesting and memorable days followed.
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The goal is to give you the most memorable day , the best day for you that is possible.
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Perhaps my most memorable day occurred with Paul on our ascent of Kichik Kumdan.
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From Ottawa we spent a memorable day in Prescott where the club was celebrating its centenary.
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One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball.
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This proved to be an enjoyable and memorable day .
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We cooled off on our way back to camp with a swim in a roadside lake; a memorable day .
experience
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For non-troglodytes, with a penchant for the unusual, the trip can provide a memorable experience .
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Rooms are beautifully furnished, and a stay at this hotel is nothing short of a memorable experience .
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That bath was one of the more memorable experiences of my life.
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It was a memorable experience for all of us.
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On the whole for some one who takes some interest in serious music it was a worthwhile and memorable experience .
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However, those privileged to make the journey to Cape Wrath can be sure of a memorable experience .
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Your visit to the West Bank of the Nile will be a memorable experience .
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The end of a memorable experience for Elizabeth, Natalie and Diane.
moment
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That was one of the most memorable moments of all my award activities!
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Some memorable moments also have come during the singing of the national anthem.
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There was one memorable moment during Needham's canvassing in Chippenham last week.
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Now, Mutola and Quirot are expected to provide some of the Games' most memorable moments on the track.
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Simon Garrett has compiled our look back at the most memorable moments of nineteen ninety two.
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Although these last are not major works, each has some major minor memorable moments .
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It was a memorable moment for the team, the third successive one-two achieved at the Circuit de Catalunya by the partnership.
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The landing was one of the more memorable moments of my life.
night
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It was a memorable night of riotous jollity.
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All in all, a memorable night .
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There followed the strangest and most memorable night watch of my seagoing experience.
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On another memorable night , coming home in a thick fog Jimmy got us completely lost.
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It was still a memorable night for Gloucester.
occasion
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For they were all there, as on the memorable occasions in the past.
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On one memorable occasion I worked twenty-seven days straight without a day off-it was memorable only because it was insane.
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On one memorable occasion , she thinks to communicate her feelings about Catholic beliefs to some of her older pupils.
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Children's Bowling Parties: Birthday cakes, balloons, badges and bowling all added together to make a memorable occasion .
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The atmosphere, beautiful surroundings and music will create a truly memorable occasion .
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Whether there is a special attraction or not a visit to the Bluebell is a memorable occasion .
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Altogether, an enjoyable and memorable occasion to reflect on the highlights of your day.
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The most memorable occasions are often the ones you didn't plan.
performance
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Both were to exercise their joint theory in memorable performances .
phrase
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It is, in a memorable phrase from the 1930s, a faraway country of which we know little.
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It is what Freud called in a memorable phrase , an impoverishment of the ego on a grand scale.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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One memorable afternoon, we visited a Shinto shrine.
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The story was memorable because, as far as I recall, it was the only book in the school library that even mentioned a black person.
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The Tyson-Douglas fight was one of the most memorable events in boxing history.
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What's your most memorable moment from your years on the stage?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dickens' characters are very vivid and memorable .
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For Clarissa Grey, the summer had been memorable because she had been consistently happy.
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Great inaugural speeches generally have one memorable sound bite.
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Hooke had already made several memorable names for himself in science.
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It is Bassani's unique gift that their familiar ordinariness should make them, often frighteningly, so memorable .
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It was a memorable night of riotous jollity.
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Kirk Gibson hit a memorable World Series home run despite an injured leg, but he was only pinch-hitting.
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The resulting chaos was so memorable that I've never dared take a holiday during a conference again!